Rate My Professor David Keegan

Dr. David Keegan is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine and serves as Associate Dean in the Office of Faculty Development and Performance. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from Memorial University in 1995, completed Family Medicine residency training there in 1997, and finished Family Medicine Emergency Medicine residency training at the University of Western Ontario in 2002. Certified as CCFP(EM) and FCFP, he practices family medicine with emergency medicine expertise. Recruited to the University of Calgary, he advanced to full Professor in 2020, having previously served as Undergraduate Education Director and Deputy Head in the Department of Family Medicine. His career emphasizes medical education, faculty development, and leadership in healthcare teaching.

Dr. Keegan has garnered numerous accolades for teaching excellence, including the Calgary Award for Community Achievement in Education from the City of Calgary (2019), Excellence in Education Award from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (2015), Killam Award for Excellence in Teaching from the University of Calgary (2014), Merit Award from the Canadian Association of Medical Education (2012), Creative Use of Puppetry in Teaching Award from the Cumming School of Medicine Undergraduate Medical Education Class of 2018 (2017), and Excellence in Teaching Award from the Hippocratic Council at the University of Western Ontario (2008). Key publications include "More than moving online: Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on curriculum development" (2020), "Shared Canadian Curriculum in Family Medicine (SHARC-FM)" (2017), "The Clinical COACH: How to Enable Your Learners to Own Their Learning" (2018), and "The Calgary Guide: teaching disease pathophysiology more simply" (2016). As founding editor of SHARC-FM and contributor to LearnFM, he has advanced shared curricula in family medicine. Dr. Keegan co-developed frameworks such as "Developing a Learning Culture: A Framework for the Growth of Teaching Expertise," impacting teaching practices across postsecondary institutions. His work in medical education, family medicine, faculty development, and leadership has established him as an international leader in the field.